then there's china. navigating this relationship is uniquely consequential because how we deal with one another what defines so much of our common future. it is also uniquely complex because as i've said on many occasions and as i have had very high level chinese leaders quote back to me, we are trying to write a new answer to the age-old question of what happens when an established power and erasing power in me. to make this work, we really have to be able to use every lever at her disposal of the time. so the expanded high-level engagement through strategic economic dialogue to cover traditional strategic issues at earth korea and maritime security and also emerging challenges that climate change commit cybersecurity, intellectual property concerns in human rights. this approach was put to the test last night when we had to keep a summit needed of the dialogue on track addressing the crisis over the fate of a blind human rights dissident to a top refuge in our american embassy. not so long ago such eve